Associate Director (Roads)
WSP in the U.S.
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Job summary
WSP is seeking a capable manager to lead a Professional Services team delivering highway schemes from inception to handover. You will oversee 5–20 staff in UK offices, drive pipeline development, and ensure projects meet budget and quality targets while maintaining strong client relationships.
The role blends client-facing work with billable delivery, supporting regional leadership and contributing to business development across defence, aviation, digital, energy, healthcare and education
Qualifications
- Experience of managing a Professional Services team in a consultancy business.
- Experience of operating at management level delivering services into public and private sectors.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of 5–20 people across offices in the UK.
- Drive growth and operational performance to meet regional budget targets.
- Lead on project delivery with quality and on-time completion.
- Lead business development to secure new opportunities across sectors.
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary inputs with clients and design teams.
Skills
Education
Job description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
We support both public sector and private sector clients and this role will face into both major commissions and new national infrastructure projects.
Our vision is to be the provider of choice for enabling national critical infrastructure and we are looking to grow into new roads markets including defence, aviation, ports, design & build, healthcare, education, energy, digital and more.
The candidate will be involved in the project management and technical delivery of highway schemes from inception through to handover of the completed scheme to the client. This role will be a hybrid of client facing, billable work and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record of delivery of schemes in either the local or national transport arena.
The candidate will also be responsible for a team of between 5-20 people, locally within our London (Westferry Circus), Basingstoke or Cambridge offices, in addition to part of our integrated Roads team based in India (Bengaluru, Noida and Mumbai).
They will be responsible for the growth and operational performance of the team, as part of the wider cost centre to meet regional budget targets and deliver projects.
- Being a champion of our health, safety, and well-being culture by leading by example.
- Drive operational excellence to achieve budget targets on utilisation.
- Develop pipeline and ensure sufficient workload for your team.
- Plan the growth of the team and recruit to fill key roles and meet head count targets.
- Line manage and develop members of the team to achieve their goals and aspirations.
- Lead on business development activities to bring in new, sustainable opportunities for WSP across a variety of sectors including defence, ports, aviation, digital, design & build, energy, healthcare, education and more.
- Supporting and working with the Regional Director, London & South East to deliver their goals for the cost centre.
- Leading on projects to ensure technical quality and timely delivery.
- Provide visible leadership to your team to boost morale, wellbeing and workplace satisfaction.
- Managing projects to ensure coordination of multi-disciplinary inputs.
- Managing resourceseffectively and efficiently to meet fluctuatingwork loads.
- Working with Clients and design teams to deliver compliant designs on time and within budget meeting CDM, QA and technical review requirements.
- Participating in tender bids and business development opportunities as they arise.
- Developing relationships with other WSP teams to utilise additional resources required.
- Agreeing fees and managing the commercial position on projects.
- Experience of managing a Professional Services team in a consultancy business.
- Experience of operating at management level in delivering services into the public and private sector.
- Lead, inspire and motivate the team to support the achievement of personal and business goals.
- Organisational skills to coordinate the delivery activities of a professional team.
- Clear understanding of the importance of robust business processes and systems and a strong commitment to quality.
- Strong communication skills, with excellent stakeholder management.
- Strong influencing skills particularly amongst peers and other managers and leaders.
- Ability to work openly and collaboratively to maximise overall organisational benefit.
- Strong commercial acumen.
- Technical expertise to manage and lead multi-disciplinary projects.
- Good client handling and interpersonal skills are essential.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 11,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.
Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you – giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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